Favorite movie based on a great book

[Muzz]

The Old Man and the Sea.

Spencer Tracey starred in the movie.  A long time ago since I saw it but it really struck a chord.

For Whom the Bell Tolls.  Ingrid Bergman.  The final scene was gut wrenching.

[wrbix]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

...a lot of weird stuff in the movie that’s not in the book.....a cult favorite.

[davedel44]

A favorite of mine! Something how you can tell hounds apart by their howls.
Redbone, Blue ticks, Walkers 

Best Dog book ever!  Never saw the movie.

Even though I taught Science I was assigned to help the reading teacher.  One student was having particular trouble so we'd met after school and read it Round Robin.  Got to the last few pages and everyone was bawling.  The new Superintendent walked in to see what was going on, I just held up the book and she nodded and walked on

Two other of my favorite movies.
ET
Goonies

Dave
Galveston

[john fish]

One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest.

Cool Hand Luke

[davedel44]

McMurtry
Last Picture Show
Lonesome Dove
Hud

Pat Conroy
Conrack
Great Santini
Prince of Tides

James Dickey
Deliverance you'll hear banjos.

Dave
Galveston

[Gliderjohn]

Three come to mind:
Hunt for Red October
Bat 21
One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest (already mentioned).
GliderJohn

[LowRyter]

Slaughterhouse 5

Have to agree.  Masterful job taking a very difficult book to make a really good movie. 

Also, in the same era, Catch 22.  Both movies came to my mind when I saw the subject.


Bev agrees with Dusty regarding the Shipping News.  I never read the book bit loved the movie.

[PJPR01]

From Alistair MacLean:  Ice Station Zebra, Guns of Navaronne, Force 10 from Navaronne, all of his books are excellent

Forrest Carter:  The Outlaw Josey Wales, based on the book Gone To Texas

Robin Moore:  The French Connection (Gene Hackman)

Frederick Forsyth:  The Day of the Jackal

John Le Carre: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy

Other Great adventure authors:  Clive Cussler, Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum

[rdtricks]

"Into the Wild": The movie followed the book closely and told the same story.

[Shorty]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  series.

[AJ Huff]

Full Metal Jacket

-AJ

[AJ Huff]

Harry Potter

Princess Bride

-AJ

[oldbike54]

 Thanks guys .

 It won't be the same as reading the books , although I have read several mentioned here .

 

 Dusty

[slowmover]

Mario Puzo  The Godfather

[Buckturgidson]

Slaughterhouse 5

Great book and movie. The casting was perfect, all the way down to the Paul Lazarro character.

[SmithSwede]

I’m surprised nobody said Forrest Gump. 

Dusty, I suspect you would really like A Beautiful Mind. 

Shutter Island is also very good.

[jbell]

The man who would be king. 

[kirby1923]

the Odyssey...Homer.

Konchalovskiy's movie was sadly only fair but the book.....

I like W.H.D. Rouse's translation the best.

[Kiwi_Roy]

Lawrence of Arabia, I don't think the film was based on any particular book more likely on bits from many.

I do like the Odyssey...Homer. but I haven't seen the film.

[Knuckle Dragger]

Lawrence of Arabia, I don't think the film was based on any particular book more likely on bits from many.

I do like the Odyssey...Homer. but I haven't seen the film.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T E Lawrence.

[harry h]

The Art of Racing in the Rain.  Movie was just released.

[Socalrob]

Not a movie, but a mini series.

The Stand by Steven King.

The book is outstanding.  The mini series format allowed for the book material not to be cut short.

I think often the mini series is a better way to adapt books.  Lonesome Dove worked really well doing this too.


For recent movies/books, The Martian was great in both formats.

And last, Lord of the Rings.  Read the books as a child, then again a couple of times, and the movies were great too.

[john fish]

Not to the original intent of the OP but worth mentioning, imo.

Lawrence of Arabia, I don't think the film was based on any particular book more likely on bits from many.

This is coming back to theaters on 9/1 and 9/4 in some locales.

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I've seen it a number of times but, since it came out the year of my birth, never in the theater.  It should be magnificent on the big screen.

[mobiker]

Some good suggestions. I'll second (or third) Josey Wales, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Silence of the Lambs.
One that hasn't been mentioned is the Winds of War/War and Remembrance mini series. The books are superb. The mini series follows the books surprisingly close. These tell a story.
I haven't read the book, but the movie, "In the Heat of the Night" is excellent.

[twowheeladdict]

Raising our children, we required them to read the book before ever seeing the movie. 

They quickly realized that the movie never quite captures the essence of the book and leaves out a lot of detail and even changes the storyline to meet some marketing agenda.

As adults they have a library of books instead of movies.   

[Devildog]

'Islands in the Stream', Hemingway's last book was so well written, I fell in love with the Bahamas and hadn't even been there. Been lots of times since and still think of that book every trip. A great book, can't say the same about the movie.

[Zoom Zoom]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  series.

Just to add a comment to the above: The Swedish version is considerably better than the newer release of the Americanized version IMHO.

When the Legends Die
Three Days of the Condor

John Henry

[blackcat]

The Shawshank Redemption
Gone With The Wind
In Cold Blood
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
LA Confidential
No Country for Old Men
Prizi’s Honor
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
Trainspotting

[Chuck in Indiana]

Oh Brother where art thou?
 
Loosely based on the Odyssey, and a hoot.

[oldbike54]

Oh Brother where art thou?
 
Loosely based on the Odyssey, and a hoot.

 Loosely based on the Odyssey ? Well , yeah , kinda like History of the World part 1 is based on the writings of Tacitus 

 Dusty